Episode Report Card Jacob: A+ | 6 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Without Crutches
By Jacob | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on October 19, 2006
"Everything you say about me is true. Every word." And I'll say this: he finally at least gets that. After all the lies and the collateral damage, Gaius Baltar does understand just how shallow his identity actually is. What's weird is how totally sad that is. "But you have to listen to me. The Cylons have a nuke in this complex. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is getting off this planet alive unless I stop D'Anna." It's not that he doesn't want to be a hero -- he's constantly looking for ways to be a hero -- he's justâ¦really incredibly bad at it. Caprica gasps that Three will kill him, but he's pragmatic: "Then she'll kill me. Or it'll be down to Mr. Gaeta. Either way, the human race dies with me." (This part is iffier, but I think that the show's done its homework connecting Gaius and only Gaius to nuclear power, meaning that he actually might be the only person that can stop her because he's the only one who can take care of the bomb, or something. Whenever there's a bomb, it's Baltar's, back through all the seasons.) Gaius takes Gaeta's gun and shoves it against his chin, and begs for Gaeta to shoot him. Things are tense and more than a little confusing for all three of them, and finally Gaeta shoves him: "You have one chance to put things right. Do you understand me? Get the frack out of here! Stop that nuke! Go!" (Except the Colony has already evacuated, so I don't know what the deal is there either, come to think of it. I guess maybe they wouldn't be able to jump away from it far enough to keep the Fleet from getting blasted? Or this is being told out of order and the Colony hasn't actually left, suddenly? Except Caprica is now dragging him out of Colonial One, and when they reach the ground everybody will have gone, so I have no idea. At the time, actually watching it, these questions don't really detract from the awesome, and you can't expect Gaius to know the state of the evac op at any given time, so maybe he's just being a drama queen, because wouldn't that be weird.)